As part of this 1-hour talk, Black Girl Knit Club discussed the importance of community and craft and how they have created this sisterhood amongst their club members.
They reflected on their reasons for starting the group in 2019 and discussed the highs and lows of running a new craft business, especially during the pandemic year.
The founders shared highlights from over the years, including creating a series of knitting idents for the BBC during the lockdown and having their unique upcycled “peacock of Ademe” yarn stocked in the prestigious Liberty of London. Most importantly the founders discussed the upcoming release of writing and introductory book Conscious Crafts: Knitting, the book is a part of a series and it unpicks the meditative nature of the knit for creating well-being and mindfulness with projects in the home to clothing accessories.
They invited the audience to reflect on how craft can be used as a tool for change in connecting with ourselves and others.